Shelford
General information
Location	Great Shelford,District of South Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL465522
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SED
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1845
Passengers
2019/20	0.216 million
2020/21	57,942
2021/22	0.141 million
2022/23	0.170 million
2023/24	0.207 million
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Shelford railway station is on theWest Anglia Main Line serving the villages ofGreat Shelford,Little Shelford andStapleford inCambridgeshire, England. It is 52 miles 36 chains (84.4 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street and is situated betweenWhittlesford Parkway andCambridge. Its three-letter station code is SED.

The station and all trains calling are operated byGreater Anglia.

The station was opened by theEastern Counties Railway in 1845^[1] and later became a junction with the opening of theStour Valley Railway fromHaverhill on 1 June 1865.^[2] The subsequent completion of the line onwards toSudbury a few months later created a through link withColchester on theGreat Eastern Main Line. This was used by through holiday trains betweenClacton-on-Sea and theMidlands inLNER andBritish Rail days but then fell victim to theBeeching Axe, closing to all traffic on 6 March 1967.^[3] However, the line between Sudbury andMarks Tey is still in use today.

Eminent theatre directorSir Peter Hall lived here in his early life when his father Reginald Hall was the stationmaster.^[4][5][6]

All services at Shelford are operated byGreater Anglia usingClass 720EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[7]

• 1 tph toLondon Liverpool Street
• 1 tph toCambridge North

During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction. The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and fromEly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whittlesford Parkway		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Cambridge
	Disused railways
Pampisford Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Stour Valley Railway		Cambridge Line and station open

Wikimedia Commons has media related toShelford railway station.

• Train times andstation information for Shelford railway station fromNational Rail
• "Estimates of Station Usage".orr.gov.uk. Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved14 March 2015.

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